Dippin' Dogs





The end of summer is noted with the city pool closing. The Alta pool hosts a dogs only day, Dippin' Dogs, and we thought it'd be a fun idea to have Lucy participate. She needed much coaxing from Andrew and Benjamin to get into the pool. It would have been so much easier to get Lucy in the water if the boys were allowed into the pool but for safety reasons it was dogs only. Next year we will get Lucy to run and dive off of the Doggie diving board (we did see a dog or two jump off the regular diving board, too funny!). You would have thought a dog day at the pool would be crazy but it was reasonably sane. All the various dogs, big & little, got along well. Warning: watch out for dogs exciting the pool and shaking off, you will get wet!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom & family

Isaac (1 week shy of 6 months)

Grandma Great & Nicholas

Ben & Logan


I am week late in posting pictures from Mom's birthday party last week. We had a great time visiting with cousins, Grandma Great, Aunt Julie and the rest of the family. It's always a good time when everyone gets together. We don't do it nearly often enough.

Mom made her own birthday blackberry dumpling cobbler (a Mahgnon recipe) and everyone gobbled it up. I grabbed the recipe to try it when I eventually get a blackberry crop.

Mom enjoyed a few presents and the grand kids were happy to watch her open them We love you MOM! Happy Birthday.

Family photos













In the 14 years we have been married we have never once paid for a family photo. I decided it was high time I stopped being so stubborn and frugal. Saturday we took the family down to fotofly for some kid and family photos. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the hour session. They were great with the kids and even appeased the boys when they each requested a photo against the graffiti wall. I am not sure where we will hang those colorful pictures but we have them for prosperity. As you can see the rest turned out pretty cute. I am very happy we finally did this and it was affordable enough we can head back again every so often. They provided us with a disc of all the photos and printed out the photos we wanted on site before we left. Talk about instant gratification, I love the digital age.